#2C174B#2C174B

#2C174B is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.017; OKLCH L 26.5% C 0.092 H 298.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C174B
RGB	rgb(44, 23, 75)
HSL	hsl(264, 53%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(264, 69%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.3%, 69.3%, 0%, 70.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(13.57, 23.49, -28.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(13.57, 36.94, 309.48°)
OKLab	oklab(26.5% 0.044 -0.0811)
OKLCH	oklch(26.5% 0.092 298.5)
XYZ	xyz(2.6148, 1.6562, 6.8372)
Luminance	0.0166 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C174B #364B17

analogous

#171C4B #2C174B #46174B

triadic

#2C174B #4B2C17 #174B2C

tetradic

#2C174B #4B171C #364B17 #174B46

square

#2C174B #4B171C #364B17 #174B46

split-complementary

#2C174B #4B4617 #1C4B17

monochromatic

#0E0717 #11091C #2C174B #47257A #6334A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.78

#2C174B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.33

#2C174B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2C174B

15.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C174B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2C174B	1.00	15.78	1.33	15.78
#FFFFFF	15.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00234D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#02224A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#25222E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#232323

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c174b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 23, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(26.5% 0.092 298.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#68557e',
    500: '#2c174b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c174b;
$custom-light: #68557e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c174b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.231,
    "s": 53.061,
    "l": 19.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.26501,
    "c": 0.09228,
    "h": 298.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.01656
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C174B

secondary

#66823C

accent

#DC4BA2

background

#F6F5F7

surface

#EBE9EE

border

#C6C5C9

text

#06030A

muted

#7A787C

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C174B

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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